Huh?
Re-using advances done by others is necessary in maths.
This is how hard sciences do progress.
undisclosed ones in this case
What's they were hacked and their current work in progress 'stolen'?
On my open source projects, there is always a big "WIP" messy phase which I don't "really" publish... because it is messy.
> they were hacked and their current work in progress 'stolen'
in most jurisdictions it'd constitute a crime.